At last! Mount Fuji (from the bullet train window on my way to Kyoto)
A dinky little family shrine
Cool fountain for temple cleansing ritual (Higashi Hongan-ji)
That's what I call a gateway! (Higashi Hongan-ji)
The first of many, many, many beautiful trees (Higashi Hongan-ji)
Retro local train cab
Burst of colour (Tofukuji)
Bring on the kimonos (Tofukuji)
Tofukuji
Tofukuji self-portrait
It's thirsty work, this temple-viewing! (Tofukuji)
Sokusyu-in temple, Tofukuji
Ryogin-an hojo (abbott's hall), Tofukuji
Hasso hojo, Tofukuji
Tofukuji cemetery
A primary school near Tofukuji
Shimbashi, Gion
Kyoto's futuristic railway station
In the bus that serves the main tourist route
Happy Buddha!
Kiyomizu-dera temple
Kiyomizu-dera pagoda
Cool paper lantern in Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera
Cleansing at Kiyomizu-dera
Prayer tablets at Kiyomizu-dera
The scary companion of the pre-Buddhist love god at Jishu-jinja
Kyoto, as seen from Kiyomizu-dera
Chawan-zaka, or Teapot Lane
Geishas strolling through Sannen-zaka
A nifty way of making sure the rainwater from your porch doesn't splash on your doorstep
Ryozen Kannon, Japan's biggest buddha statue
Kodai-ji temple
Bamboo forest in Kodai-ji temple
Is that cow about to have lunch?
Bell tower at Kodai-ji temple
The entrance gate of Chion-in, Japan's biggest temple gateway
Chion-in
Chion-in cemetery
The steps up to the bell tower, Chion-in
The bell tower at Chion-in
Japan's heaviest bell, Chion-in
Yu-zen garden, Chion-in
One of two monster camphor trees at the entrance to Shoren-in temple
Shoren-in
Beautiful screen walls at Shoren-in
The enormous red lacquer gate of Heian-jingu shrine
The cheeky Last Supper-esque sign of my marvellous ramen restaurant
Nanzenji temple
Nanzenji
Suirokaku aqueduct, Nanzenji
The hills above Nanzenji
Dai hojo, Nanzenji - the kind of view I'd love to have from my dining room!
"Mizunomi no Tora" (Tiger Drinking Water), an original screen painting from the 16th century in the Dai hojo, Nanzenji
On the way up to Oku-no in, in the hills behind Nanzenji
The shrine-temple of Oku-no in, in a small cave in the forest
A cemetery hidden in the hills beyond Nanzenji
My first bento box!
And what a place to eat it too! Nyakouoki shrine
Eikan-do temple
Eikan-do
Kyoto seen from the hilltop pagoda at Eikan-do
Eikan-do pagoda, with buddhist prayer flags
Eikan-do - even the queue to get in is scenic!
A small front garden at a house along the Tetsugaku-no-michi (Philosophers' Path) in Higashiyama
Honen-in temple
Honen-in
A dinky way to make the water flow more pleasantly from a fountain, Honen-in
Honen-in: would you really choose to be a leaf-clearer in autumn?
Japanese pop art intrudes
Ginkaku-ji temple
A colossal cone of gravel at Ginkaku-ji
It was the biggest, smoothest pile of gravel I've ever seen
Ginkaku-ji
